 | William Cobbett - 1796 - 76 Seiten
...as the failors call it, mar-. ried to rnifs roper. From the conclufion .of this wholefome counfel, I perceived that the captain thought I had eloped on account of a baftard. I blufhed, and that confirmed him in his opinion; but I declare to the reader, that I was... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1797 - 86 Seiten
...wholefome eounfel, I perceived that the captain thought,! had eloped on account of a baftard. I blufhed, and that confirmed him in his opinion ; but I declare to the reader, that I was no more guilty of fuch an offence than Mr. Swanwick, or any other gentleman who is conftitutionally virtuous. No ; thank... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1826 - 878 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that 1 did not like, than to be lied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married...conclusion of this wholesome counsel, I perceived that the Captuin thought I had eloped cm account of a bastard. I blushed, and that con6rmed him iu his opinion... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 236 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married...that I was no more guilty of such an offence than any other gentleman who is constitutionally virtuous. "I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 524 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gang'way, or, as the sailors call it, married...that I was no more guilty of such an offence than any other gentleman who is constitutionally virtuous. " I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1835 - 230 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married...to the reader that I was no more guilty of such an oifence than any other gentleman who is constitutionally virtuous. "I in vain attempted to convince... | |
 | 1854 - 598 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married to Miss Roper. I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley that choice alone had led me to the sea. He sent me... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married to Miss Roper. I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley that choice alone had led me to the sea. He sent me... | |
 | Edward Smith - 1878 - 350 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gang-way, or, as the sailors call it, married...thought I had eloped on account of a bastard. " I in vain attempted to convince Captain Berkeley,1 that choice alone had led me to the sea ; he sent... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1913 - 396 Seiten
...was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl that I did not like, than to be tied to the gangway, or, as the sailors call it, married...that the Captain thought I had eloped on account of a bastard.1 In vain Cobbett gave the assurance that choice only had led him to the sea. Berkeley sent... | |
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I must undergo, and the punishment the least disobedience or neglect would subject me to; he persuaded me to return home; and I remember he concluded his advice with telling me, that it was better to be led to church in a halter, to be tied to a girl... 
